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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Our kid brought this night from his preschool one day. It took them two days (I believe) to make it. In the video I tried to catch the light changing the colors. It is glued to the bottom of the lid. The water itself is green. There is a nice shell, a toy shark and a piece of plastic weed together with the colorful stones in the jar. The jar itself is pretty too! When you see the rows of "bubbles", they are actually a part of the jar glass. Cool craft project for the 4 year old's!

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

This huge tree grew split tree ways very close to our house. The experts has had a pretty good idea that it probably started to rotten at the splits as the rain waters usually gets collected at places like that. Raccoons lived there, so that alone was a reliable sign that the tree was hollow. Nobody could tell how much of it was hollow, but that did not matter. If it was hollow just where it had a split, then half a tree could possibly fall on the house during some storm. The tree needed to go.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

This is the second year we went to the rodeo in Cloverdale, BC. My husband was responsible for documenting this trip. This is why we have a better video and almost no pictures :) It helped to know what usually goes on there, so the visit was more fruitful too. We knew to sign up for the race cars early and we knew of the rides. Also, we knew to hurry up and get our sits for the pig and the geese race. I am very happy with the video we got at the end!

Thursday, June 22, 2017

While it was hot in the valley, lots of snow still laid on the ground up in the mountains. It was the last day of the skiing season. Why did we decide to go up there? My husband could not think of another place that our guests have not seen yet. So, we got all the winter gear we needed and drove to the Grouse mountain in search of great views.

We could get up earlier and make it in time for a breakfast with the grizzly bears, but felt sorry for the kids. So we deliberately missed that, but still saw the bears though. The bears are always there. Then we went up to the wind mill. The destination is even higher than the first gondola takes you to. Now it is not a gondola, but just a sit for four people. The views is what everybody goes up there for. However, the view from the mill (you can go up the mill itself) is even more amazing!

We met a grouse bird too! Now we know that that was a good reason to give its name to the mountain. The bird was vicious! )) It wanted to stay on the pass and attacked everybody who was walking by. We had to run from it. Other naive people in shorts got their legs pecked!

It was an awesome destination! If you are ever in Vancouver and trying to decide where to go and what to see, the Grouse mountain is a great choice all year around if you are a landscape hunter.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

In Arizona, the Apaches had made several raids on one particular settlement. After these raids, the military and some volunteers banded together and followed the tracks of the stolen cattle back to where the Apaches lived. At dawn, they attacked. The Apaches were completely surprised and outnumbered in the attack. About two-thirds of the Apache warriors were killed by the first volley of shots. The rest of the Apache warriors retreated. As they were almost completely surrounded, the only place for them to go was to the edge of a cliff. Rather than die at the hands of a white man, these last warriors chose death by leaping over the cliff's edge. The apache women of those who had died gathered at the base of the cliff, and for a moon they wept for their dead. They mourned, not only because their warriors had all died, but also because the fighting spirit of the Apaches had died with them. Their sadness was so great that the Great Spirit encased the tears of the Apache women into black stones we now call apache tears.

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the synthesized material is hard, optically flawless and usually colorless, but may be made in a variety of different colors. Its commercial production began in the USSR in 1976. In 1977 cubic zirconia begun to be mass-produced in the jewelry marketplace. By 1980 annual global production had reached 50 million carats (10 tonnes). [source]

Friday, June 16, 2017

Moissanite. Without special testing equipment, distinguishing it from a natural diamond is very difficult. Moissanite, in its natural form, is very rare. It has only been discovered in a small variety of places from upper mantle rock to meteorites. Moissanite was introduced to the jewelry market in 1998. It is regarded as a diamond alternative with some optical properties exceeding those of diamond. Its lower price and less exploitative mining practices necessary to obtain it make it a popular alternative to diamonds.